DETROIT, MI -- Rev. Horace L. Sheffield III, a prominent minister at New Destiny Baptist Church and activist in Detroit, has been booked, charged and released on charges of domestic violence against his wife and preventing a crime report.

He turned himself in to the Detroit Police Department about 6 a.m. Thursday and was bonded out on a $7,500 personal bond by 11:30 a.m., the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office says.

The charges stem from a dispute on Monday between Sheffield and his wife, Dianna L. Solomon, at their home located on the 19000 block of Warrington.

Sheffield filed for a divorce from Solomon in Nov. and they are scheduled for a divorse settlement conference next week, Wayne County Circuit Court records show.

"This is not about physical violence," Adolph Mongo, Sheffield's spokesman, told Deadline Detroit. "This is about a cell phone. They should let them work their issues out. It should be worked out in divorce court, not criminal court."

Solomon had been living outside the home for about two weeks, and when she returned for some belongings an argument ensued; she attempted to call police and Sheffield tried to take Solomon's phone away, Deadline Detroit's Allen Lengel reports, based on a police report he reviewed. (Full Deadline Detroit Story)

This isn't the first time Sheffield has been accused of aggressive behavior.

In 2011, an ex-employee of Sheffield-founded Detroit Cares Alternative Academy, told WJBK, Fox 2's Ronnie Dahl that Sheffield assaulted her by twisting her arm and bringing her to her knees after she contacted the parents of a disabled student to notify them the student was having a sexual relationship with a transgender student.

The teacher never filed charges. Horace Sheffield is the father Detroit Councilwoman Mary Sheffield.